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Title
Exterior view of the Liberty Fire Engine House (?) in Gold Hill, Nevada, 1868
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1868
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of the exterior of a wooden building in Gold Hill, Nevada, 1868. The building has two stories and a set of double doors at right. On the roof above the double doors is a bell tower. There is a pole to the left of the building and a dirt road runs in front of it. There are hills in the background. This is the Liberty Fire Engine House (?) and was built in 1868. Picture file card says that the image shows "the engines 'Faithful' and 'Fearless'", components of Liberty Engine Co. No. 1
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m19076
USC-1-1-1-14220 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-9830
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m19076
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-9830.jpg
Subject
Fire-departments
Mining--Out of state--Nevada--Gold Hill
Buildings
Time Period
1868
Place
Gold Hill
Nevada
Storey
USA
Source
1-112-95 [Microfiche number]
9830 [Accession number]
CHS-9830 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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